April

I had high hopes for this blog after a promising March however, if I am honest, I think its been one of my worst months of racing. It started at Tour de la Charente on the 5th. Another rolling course with a grippy final circuit. I just felt atrocious all day and then being caught up in a crash with 40km to go didn't help things. Fortunately they stopped the race due to the large pile up which gave me a second chance but all I could do was 25th in the bunch sprint.

Then the next day the poor sensations continued at Prix de Saint-Projet. Narrowly avoiding a crash on the first lap. Then getting myself in the perfect position for when Charvieu lit up the peloton half way through but just plain and simple did not have the legs. I managed to get round in a grupetto to finish 44th which was at least something. What was most frustrating to me was looking back at the power profile from the race and being so far off power I had easily been doing in races previously and not knowing why. My coach and I determined a rest was needed.

The next week was nice as I was able to fly home and catch up with friends and family I hadn't seen for a while along with a bunch of super easy pedalling it freshened me up well so when I flew back I felt ready for my next block in France.

This brought me to GP Vougy on the 21st another punchy race which already isn't my perfect terrain. I felt wat fresher throughout the race my the legs were just stale so struggled with positioning, something I am usually quite good at. This lead to me being too far back when we hit the narrow 500m climb and that was it race over. Although trying so hard to come back to the group for another chance it was all for nothing and came in for 67th.

I was eager to get back to another race to get a result but unfortunately, just to add insult to injury, after Vougy I came down with some sort of cold which put me out of action for the next couple days. So now as the moth comes to an end I am currently easing back into things, making most of the nice weather here and trying to get back to my previous level and hopefully higher to make May and the rest of the season much better!